Peaches reduce risk of cancer, study says

A study being led by Giuliana Noratto, a Washington State University food specialist, explores the cancer-fighting properties of peaches.

USA Today reports that: In a first-of-its kind study, published online in March in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, Noratto and her colleagues at Texas A&M University gave mice peach extract. They found it essentially caused the most aggressive cancer cells to commit suicide.

The study showed peaches with the most red contain more cancer-fighting compounds. Those particular compounds are not stable when heated, so Noratto said canned peaches do not pack the same cancer-fighting punch as the fresh fruit.

According to Noratto, people can get the same dose as the mice by eating two to three peaches, plums or nectarines a day, or with a dietary supplement of peach polyphenol extract powder.

To read the USA Today article, click here.